Morrison trying to save Queensland seats

The coalition holds 21 out of 30 seats in Queensland and Scott Morrison's government probably can't keep all of them.

Nerves have been on edge since the Longman by-election when the Liberal-National vote plunged to 30 per cent.

It was one of the reasons Malcolm Turnbull was dumped as prime minister.

"Many of my colleagues, especially those colleagues in Queensland, thought that we would stand a better chance at this coming election with a change of prime minister," Liberal MP Craig Kelly told the ABC on Thursday.

Their choice of replacement was Peter Dutton, a Queenslander and conservative who some Liberals thought would help them in the Sunshine State.

Unfortunately for them he wasn't popular in the rest of the country, and Morrison got the job instead.

Morrison made his first trip as prime minister to drought-stricken areas of Queensland.

He also spent this past week on a bus and plane tour from Brisbane to Mackay, sampling pies and trying on baseball caps as he shook hands at events.

Morrison wasn't just in Queensland to meet with punters, although he did plenty of that.

He also met with the party faithful in a bid to reinvigorate the rank and file, who hand out how-to-vote cards and spread the Liberal message on the ground.